Messina Announces Filing of NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Long Lake Main Zone in Newfoundland, Canada

Messina Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MMI) ("Messina" or "the Company") is pleased
to report that it has filed a National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") compliant
technical report in support of the Company's March 13, 2012 news release
announcing the initial resource estimate for the Long Lake Main Zone. The
zinc-copper project is located 22 kilometers northeast of Messina's Boomerang
deposit and 48 km southwest of Teck's operating Duck Pond zinc-copper mine in
central Newfoundland, Canada.


The independent technical report, entitled "Independent Technical Report for the
Main Zone of the Long Lake Volcanic Massive Sulphide Project, Newfoundland and
Labrador, Canada" (the "Technical Report"), dated April 16, 2012, with an
effective date of March 13, 2012, was prepared for Messina by SRK Consulting
(Canada) Inc. and authored by G. David Keller, P.Geo., and S. Bernier, P.Geo.,
each a Qualified Person as defined by, and independent of Messina for the
purposes of, NI 43-101 requirements. The Technical Report is available through
the Internet under the Company's profile on the Canadian System for Electronic
Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at www.sedar.com and on the Company's
website at www.messinaminerals.com.


About Messina

Messina Minerals Inc. is exploring for zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold massive
sulphide deposits in Newfoundland, Canada. The Company's extensive 400 square
kilometer mineral lands are in a region known historically for its copper and
zinc resources and where the Company has completed NI 43-101 complaint technical
reports for mineral resources at "Boomerang", "Domino", and now "Main Zone" on
the Glitter Project. See our website for more information.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MESSINA MINERALS INC.

Peter Tallman, President